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Builder Name:Andrew Weingram   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-14A   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:592.7
Total Flight Time:
Start/Last Date:May 01, 2014 - No Finish Date
Engine:Lycoming IO390 EXP 119
Propeller:MT 3 blade
Panel:G3x x2 GTN 750xi G500 G5 VP-Xpro
 
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Oct 29, 2021     Done and stored - (2 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
finished the elevators. Now leaned up against the wall with all the other stored assemblies.

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Sep 17, 2021     Rolling the Elevators - (8 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Have been negligent in adding entries here. All the way to the final steps of the evelators. Finished installing the trim tab and the molex connectors today. Made the break on the top skins. and started rolling the bottom leading edges in preperation of closing up the elevators.

Hoping to have this done and in storage by tomorrow and move on to the rest of the empanage.



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Jun 13, 2021     Skins and spars on 2 elevaotrs - (5 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Closed up the forward Spars on both elevators with Help from Joe. Riveted the end ribs as well. All that is left of the elevators is the trailing edge wedge and to roll the leading edges...

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May 31, 2021     Main Spar in Category: Tail Feathers
Main spar in, ritveted to the ribs, and ends and about halfway done on on the skins....
 
May 30, 2021     CRAP - (3 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
as I was finishing up the trim tab, I managed to use the squeezer over a lightening hole on the trailing edge of the trim tab. GRRRRRRRR.... Trim tab done. (badly) will buff the spread out trailng edge wedge and will fill the mark before painitng.

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May 23, 2021     Trim tab and elevators/ - (3 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Closed up the trim tab (tank sealant finally came) and left it with the weighted board.

Also back rived all the elevator skins and started cleckoing the halves together.

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May 16, 2021     elevators trailing spar and skins. - (6 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Ribs to trailing edge spar Riveted the trailing edge spar to the bottom elevator skins. back riveted the skins to the ribs.

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May 15, 2021     elevator horns and tip skins and riveting. - (10 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
lots of rivets squeezed and driven today. Elevator tips, the doublers and anchors and the horns. I'm a little out of sequence cause I don't have any fuel tank sealer and am waiting for that to close up the trim tab.

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May 09, 2021     trim tab - (3 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Deburred and assembled the trim tab. Then broke it back down

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May 09, 2021     trim tab - (2 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
dimpled skins, Riveted front spar and trim horns in.
 
May 08, 2021     trim tab - (2 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
masked scuffed and cleaned the trim tab for the foamrimsbs

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May 02, 2021     contersinnk and dimples elevators. - (4 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
countersunk the after spar with the hinge of the elevators. dimpled all the spars the double plates for the trip etc.
 
May 01, 2021     Dimples dimples. - (4 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Dimpled the elevator skins, the ribs, the ends etc. Countersunk the trailing edge piece.
 
Apr 30, 2021     deburrring. - (7 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
deburred all the pieces of the elevators and trim tabs
 
Apr 29, 2021     Elevator assembled completely, and then broken down - (9 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Finally got the whole elevator assembled. (2 hours lost researching how to deal with the trailing edge wedge.) got whole elevators assembled. Then broke down and deburred the entire left elevator. Will break down and deburr the right elevator tomorrow. Hopefully will be riveting by the PM.

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Apr 27, 2021     all the way through the trim tab hinges - (4 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Cleckoed the elevators together. Match drilled and deburred the hinges for the Trim tab

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Apr 19, 2021     ribs - (3 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
did the foam block ribs for the Trim tab. and the match drilling for the stab ends.

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Apr 18, 2021     beginning the elevators - (2 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Cut the ribs, cleckeod the pieces together, straitend the end pieces.
 
Apr 12, 2021     Horizontal stab complete. - (5 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Horizontal stab complete and leaned out of the way in the hangar. On to the Elevators!

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Apr 11, 2021     almost done with horizontal stab' - (6 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
riveted the skins to the ribs stringers on the Horizontal stab. Clecoed in the rear spar and will finish the Horizontal stab tomorrow.

Eileen also finished her toolbox earlier in the day.

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Apr 10, 2021     finish forward spar Eileen works on her box as well - (2 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Finished the forward spar on the horizontal stab.
Eileen makes big progress on her tool box as well.fd

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Apr 09, 2021     rivet forward spar to skin - (03 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Fred and myself rivented one side of the Horizontal stab skin to the forward spar. Eileen did half the other side.

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Apr 08, 2021     horizontal stab skins - (5 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Riveted the nose ribs to the skin, added the forward spar assmebly and riveted to the nose ribs.

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Apr 06, 2021     back to riveting - (5 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
RIveted the center sections the ribs the nose ribs to the front spar. Got the skins in the forms and the nose ribs cleckoed in place.

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Apr 05, 2021     Counter sink countersinnk - (3 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Counter sunk forward and rear spars of the horizontal stab plus the stringers.

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Apr 04, 2021     dimples and countersinks - (2 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Finished dimpling the skins. Started on the spars for the horizontal stab. Lots and lots of countersinking
 
Apr 04, 2021     dimples and countersinks Category: Tail Feathers
Finished dimpling the skins. Started on the spars for the horizontal stab. Lots and lots of countersinking
 
Apr 03, 2021     dimples again. - (6 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Prepped the covering and dimpled 80 percent of both Horizontal stab skins. Eileen match drilled the hinges on her tool box too.

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Apr 02, 2021     Cradles and ribs - (5 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Made the 4 cradles to hold the horizontal stab while in construction. Dimpled all the ribs deburred.
 
Apr 01, 2021     Horizonal stab - (7 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
deburred, fluted straightened and bent all the various ribs for the Horizantal Stab. Eileen also worked on her tool box project and got one side riveted in place.

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Mar 31, 2021     RUDDER COMPLETE. All out of phase work done. - (4 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
The Rudder is finally complete. Finished the trailing edge. Formed and riveted the leading edge. Its straight and beautiful and I am pleased.

All out of phase items have been completed with the completion of the rudder. At the moment there are no delayed or deferred steps .

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Mar 30, 2021     Trailing edge riveting - (2 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Partially riveted the trailing edge
 
Mar 29, 2021     rudder work - (3 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Out of sequence stuff on the rudder.

Riveted skins to spar, and the top rib.
 
Mar 28, 2021     Horizontal Stab spars complete - (5 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Completed all the deburing and riveting for the Front spar of the horzontal stab, completeing both spars. Thats a lot of rivets.

Also, Eileen completed her light box and we hung it up in the place of honor

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Mar 27, 2021     Horizontal spar - (5 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Match drill, final drill, deburr the Horizonal stab spar, the Spar Caps, and the Spar doubler.

Thats a lot of holes!

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Mar 26, 2021     horizontal stab - (3 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
match drill and debur the spar caps.

Vans approved the Cherry Max solution for the nut plates on the rudder. Just waitinmg for the cherry max rivets to come from Aircraft spruce
 
Mar 19, 2021     Up and down day - (6 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Match drilled deburred and riveted the Trailedge Horizontal stabilizer spar, doubler and hinges. Riveted into place bearing is set at the center as well.

On the rudder riveted the counterweight rib to the skin, and then realized I had forgotten the k1000-6 nutplates. CRAP. I did manage to cleko then inbto place by reaching through the lightening holes. Hopefully Vans will approve 4 pop rivets to secure the nut plates. I'm amazed I was able to position them properly. But it chewed up an hour and most of my naughty vocabulary....

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Mar 17, 2021     Back to the rudder - (6 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Attached trailing edge wedge with the tape that got here a day early from Amazon, added the spar did all the pop riveting and started closing up the edges. Oh and got a hydraulic Squeezer so Eileen could help along with it

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Mar 16, 2021     deburring - (5 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Deburred the horizantal stabilizer spar and the doubler. There are a lot of holes and surfaces. There has to be a better (FASTER) way.
 
Mar 15, 2021     220 + rivets driven - (7 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Riveted the stiffeners to the Rudder skins. and then the clips to the stiffeners.

Didn't have double sided tape to hold the trailing wedge in place, so I am at a stand till wednesday when Amazon will deliver the proper tape.

So then I started on the horizantal stab, deburring the main spar and the double4r for another couple of hours.

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Mar 14, 2021     I'm a dimpling fool - (9 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
All parts of the rudder dimpled or countersunk today.

Riveting starts tomorrow. VERY productive day.

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Mar 13, 2021     Rudder comes together. (for now) - (8 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Cleckoed frame together added skins and trailing edge wedge. final drilled all match drilled the counterweight portion. Lots of progress today. Thanks again to Fred Shriver stopping by to engage in some clecko work. Its always nice when your neighbor who already built an RV8 and an RV 12 comes over to help!

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Mar 07, 2021     Revisions slow you down. - (6 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Slow progress on the rudder today. Riveted the counterweight rib, and the other ribs to the spar along with the rudder horn. But numerous changes to the plans caused some out of order work, while I wait for new parts to arrive that were not part of the original plans. (Specirically to hold the weight in, and rivet length changes at the rudder horn. Supervising Eileen working on her light box project at the same time also tended to slow progress.

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Mar 06, 2021     Rudder skins - (3 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Prepared the left and right rudder skins, started the cleckoing and match drilling of the top rib and counterweight rib of rudder.
 
Mar 04, 2021     Rudder skins - (3 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
New Rudder Skins arrived (The originals were damaged by placing them on edge on a bare concrete basement floor and moisture wicked up through the concrete onto the aluminum causing some corrosion.). were unrapped on the inside and the covering partially removed on the outsides. Trimming of the tabs for lap joints and deburring accomplished.
 


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